Thrifting

The Lazy-Girls’ Guide to Last Minute Halloween: 57 Unique 5-Minute Ideas

Friday, October 29th, 2010
The Lazy-Girls’ Guide to Last Minute Halloween: 57 Unique 5-Minute Ideas

I applaud you, lazy Halloween-er, for your promise last holiday to make a homemade costume that would rock the neighborhood for 2010. Well, a year has past and All Hallows’ Eve is approaching faster than a group of kids running to your door for that bowl of chocolate bars sitting next to you right now. [...]

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DIY Red Carpet Halloween: How to Dress Like Lady Gaga, Snooki or Kim Kardashian

Monday, October 25th, 2010
DIY Red Carpet Halloween: How to Dress Like Lady Gaga, Snooki or Kim Kardashian

Halloween 2010 is so, so close! And the best thing about this year’s Halloween? It’s on the weekend!!! I always get super pumped for Halloween but never actually MAKE my costume until a few nights before. I know that most busy 20-something ladies are like that, too — we have busy work and social lives, [...]

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How to Wear Menswear Without Spending a Dime: Plus 6 Inspiring Looks!

Monday, October 11th, 2010
Keep brights in the same color family

Hello, fall weather! Hello … new style! The weather is turning cooler, the sun is setting sooner and I’m seeing a whole lotta industrial ankle boots, knitted tights and distressed denim hitting the streets of New York. What I’m not seeing, however, are girls experimenting with menswear. This is sad for two reasons: Men’s style [...]

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Thrifting Finds @ The Village Thrift in Laurel, Maryland

Monday, September 27th, 2010
Thrifting Finds @ The Village Thrift in Laurel, Maryland

I spent the past weekend having an amazing musically charged time with three of my best NYC girlfriends at the Virgin Mobile Freefest at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. We saw acts like Yeasayer [our new musician crushes -- so cute!], Matt & Kim [also so cute, but in an entirely different way], [...]

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How to Avoid Bed Bugs When Shopping for Clothing & Furniture at Thrift Stores

Friday, September 24th, 2010
How to Avoid Bed Bugs When Shopping for Clothing & Furniture at Thrift Stores

Move over, Mr. Cocky Cockroach. There’s a new bug in town — and he’s as tiny [or tinier] than a tick, nocturnal, can live days without food but when he wants some goes straight for your blood. He’s the size of an apple seed yet even exterminators shy away from these poison apples/; We’ll just [...]

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SDV TV // Behind-the-Changing-Room Video from the Latest Vintage Hunt in Lebanon, PA

Monday, August 16th, 2010
SDV TV // Behind-the-Changing-Room Video from the Latest Vintage Hunt in Lebanon, PA

SDV TV // Sammy’s Latest Thrifting Finds @ Salvation Army in Lebanon, PA from Sammy Davis on Vimeo. SDV TV // The “Bonus” Pieces to Vintage // @ Salvation Army in Lebanon, PA from Sammy Davis on Vimeo.

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